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S; C. MAINE.

Disinfecting Apparatus'.

Patented Dec. 4, 11866.

No.- 60,212. V

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IMPROVED APPARATUS roncootme DIsINrEeTINe.

santes e. MAINE, 0F BOSTON, MASSAGH'USETTS.-

Letters Paten! No. 60,212, dated .Deccmcrvfh 1866; antedated November 22, 1866. i

SPECIFICATION'.

TO .ALL WHOM I'l MAY CONCERN i a Be it known that II, SnBEUs C. MAINE, of Boston, in the county of Suolk, and State of Massachusettahave i, i invented certain improvements in Disinfecting and Cooling Apparatus, of which" the following `is a full, clear, i

and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of `this specification, in which- Y i i i Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my improved apparatus. Figure 2 is a vertical transverse section through the same on the linezv :e of iig. 1.

My invention consists in the employment of cloth'oi` equivalent porous material,ipassing into and becoming` saturated with any suitable disinfecting and cooling liquid, lin connection with forced current of air, which drives the vapor arising therefrom into the apartment to be purified and cooled. l i i To enable others skilled 'in the` art to understand and `use my invention, 1 will proceed to describe the` manner in which 1 have carried it out.

In the said drawings, lA represents the frame of the apparatus, in suitable bearings, inwhich are placed a i series of rolls, B, around which and apolygonal shaft, C, near the bottoni of the apparatus, passes an endless belt, D, of cloth or equivalent porous material. Eis a receptacle, which contains ozone, chlorine, or lime water, y milk of lime, ice water, or `other suitable disinfecting and cooling liquid, through which Lthe belt, D, is carried i by the shaft C, which rests within the receptacle E, and is revolved `by means of a series of wheels situatcdin ,y

lthe interior of the casing, F, and drivenby` springs, G, Wound up by keys applie'dsto the vvinding arbors,"`a. b

is a rod or shaft provided with a series of strips, c, placed at right angles to each other, and-constitutes afan or` i p blower, H, theshaft `carrying at one end a pinion which gears with and is driven by `the clock-work, (which` may be placed either ivithin or outside of the casing Instead of the belt Dand fan H being driven by clock-work, they may be operated by any other suitable motive power. d is a stayV to assist in holding the` 1 frame together. p.

When it is desired to use the disinfecting `apparatus above described, it is only necessary topour theliquid i into the receptacle E and wind up the springs G, when the endless belt D is carried under the shaft C, throughl the liquid, becoming saturated'therewith, and thence up over the intermediate rolls, down under the lower rolls` and up over the upper roll, passing near the revolving fan or blower H, and forcing acurrent of airin contact With the trayelling belt D, and out of the sidesof the apparatus, thereby distributing the vapor arising there-` fromlnto the apartment and purifying or neutralizing the foul or ooniined air which continues to rush in to supply the place of that blown out already impregnated with the deoderizing liquid. Whenit is desired/co circulate acurrent of cold air through a heated apartment, a reservoir of ice water charged vvith a disinfectant i may be soconnected with the receptacle E as to keep it supplied to the required level at all times.

Claim.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure b y Letters Patent, is A The employment of cloth or equivalent porous material for receiving and carrying the disinfecting and cooling liquid through or in contact with a current of air produced by a fan, H, or equivalent device, substari-` tially as described. p

S. C. MAINE.

Witnesses:

P. E. TEscnEnAenEr., N. W. STEARNS. 

